Boules can be made of many different materials including hard rubber and metal.
Petanque is a game in which players attempt to toss weighted balls, called "boules," as close as they can to a smaller target ball, call the "jack." Two teams, often with different colored balls, take turns throwing their boules in an attempt to land closest to the jack or knock the opposing team's boules further away.
Instructions
Lobbing
1. Place one boule on the ground about 20 feet from your throwing area. Place another boule a foot behind it.
2. Toss your boule with enough arc to hit the back boule without touching the front boule. This simulates tossing at a jack that is being blocked by an opponent's boule.
3. Move the target boule and the blocking boule back three feet every after a successful hit. Repeat as desired.
Precision
4. Place two boules on the ground side-by-side, nearly touching, about 20 feet from the throwing area.
5. Toss your boule at one of the target boules, attempting to hit it dead center to avoid moving the other boule.
6. Move the target boules back three feet for every successful strike. Repeat as desired. Add a third boule to the other side of the target boule for an added challenge.
Combinations
7. Place three boules on the ground in a column about 20 feet from the throwing area. This represents your team's boule being blocked both in front and behind by the other team's boules.
8. Toss your boule hard at the front boule, attempting to knock it into the middle boule which will in turn hit the back boule. The goal is to move the front and back boules while leaving the middle boule in place.
9. Move the entire target back three feet with every successful hit. Repeat as desired.
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